The therapeutic impact of perceptual learning on juvenile amblyopia with or without previous patching treatment

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1531-1538

  Liu, Xiang Yun ^a,b   Zhang, Ting ^c   Jia, Yan Lei ^d   Wang, Ning Li ^a   Yu, Cong ^c  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TENGZHOU CENTRAL PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Zaozhuang Municipal Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PERCEPTUAL LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STEREOACUITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AMBLYOPIA; CHILD; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79955929154     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-6355     Document Type: Article

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